What happened?

  • A special prosecutor has been assigned to investigate whether Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones should face criminal charges for efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state. [apnews.com]
  • Jones was one of 16 state Republicans who signed a certificate stating that Trump had won Georgia and declaring themselves the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors, despite Biden’s victory in the state. [apnews.com]
  • Jones also sought a special session of Georgia’s Legislature aimed at overturning Biden’s narrow win in the state, but he has denied any wrongdoing, saying he and other electors acted on advice of lawyers. [apnews.com]
  • Three others who signed the Republican elector certificate were among those indicted along with Trump in August by a Fulton County grand jury. [apnews.com]
  • Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was barred from prosecuting Jones as part of her election interference case against Trump and others, with a judge ruling that her actions created a conflict of interest. [apnews.com]
  • Trump is set to face off against President Joe Biden later this year in a rematch of the 2020 election, with some reports and polls suggesting a potential racial realignment in voting patterns. [newsweek.com]

What is Liberal media saying:

  • Fani T. Willis, the district attorney of Fulton County, Ga., has already brought racketeering and other charges against Mr. Trump and several top allies in a sweeping election case, but was disqualified from investigating Jones due to a fundraiser for his political rival. [nytimes.com, cnn.com]
  • Peter Skandalakis, director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, has appointed himself to investigate the matter, and it took nearly two years for him to announce his decision. [cnn.com]
  • The Trump campaign enlisted fake presidential electors in 2020 in a number of swing states where Mr. Trump was defeated, as part of an effort to circumvent the outcome of the voting, and 24 of those fake electors are facing charges in three states. [nytimes.com]

Sources:

  • Associated Press
  • Newsweek (newsweek.com)
  • The New York Times
  • CNN